Got invited to a conference that didn't interest me. Declined. Now I see they've hired Billy Beane to give the keynote address. Very odd choice considering the conference has nothing to do with baseball or moneyball, but boy do I wish I said I'd go. I bet that would be a great keynote. I could get an autograph that says "Mr. Bacon, Fuck You, Love, Billy".

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BostonSucksMyBalls 11/2/2016: "I hate the internet. No accountability. Just a wasteland of shitheads."

Frank the Tank wrote:Got invited to a conference that didn't interest me. Declined. Now I see they've hired Billy Beane to give the keynote address. Very odd choice considering the conference has nothing to do with baseball or moneyball, but boy do I wish I said I'd go. I bet that would be a great keynote. I could get an autograph that says "Mr. Bacon, Fuck You, Love, Billy".

Montecore's Revenge wrote:Protip: When you slit your wrists make sure you go north-south and not east-west. It will be harder for them to save you and it won't send out as much of a "just a cry for help, not a serious attempt" vibe

When people pick Trout as a "Moneyball--NERDS!!!" guy, it absolutely baffles me. If there was ever a player since Bonds or Griffey that passes the eye test as that guy is just the best overall player in baseball, it's Trout.

PhillyJim76 - Tue Nov 22, 2016 9:20 am: X?I wrote a disturbing clueless fan fiction story that got me in hot water in college

Briandong79 wrote:When people pick Trout as a "Moneyball--NERDS!!!" guy, it absolutely baffles me. If there was ever a player since Bonds or Griffey that passes the eye test as that guy is just the best overall player in baseball, it's Trout.

Good call.

You would think that the old white boy establishment would be pushing the "new Mickey Mantle" angle harder

BigJohnStudd wrote:The original Annie movie from the 80s has a lot of panty shots for a PG rated kids film.

mister bacon - 01 Feb 2018 15:00: i need a man on the inside. do it shammy!

It turns out that each side of Born to Run tells the tragically heroic story of a different baseball man: one an overly confident sabermetrician trying to make his way in a game that has long resisted change, the other a thoroughbred scout struggling to find his place in a sport that’s evolved beyond what he once knew. And perhaps more importantly, Springsteen’s magnum opus is an incredibly insightful and nuanced commentary about analytics, scouting, and how we can best understand and enjoy the game of baseball.

I don’t think I’m alone among the community of sabermetricians when I say I see a lot of my younger (and probably present, though hopefully to a lesser extent) self in the character of Bad Scooter. The analytics movement sat on the sidelines for far too long and came of age in the snark-filled corners of the internet, and as a result much (if not most) of public sabermetric research and discourse is framed in terms of what teams and writers and broadcasters are doing wrong. In addition to making the analytics movement seem cool, this song perfectly captures that defiant, maybe-a-bit-too-strong confidence that has permeated the sabermetric zeitgeist.

Neither Springsteen nor our narrator is questioning that quantitative analysis is useful, but the latter clearly feels out of place and left behind and the former seems to be suggesting that there are blind spots in the sabermetric view of the game.

And so on. I mean...

"Isn't it no, baas or something? That's how I read it in a boxing book. It's South African or something."- _, on Roberto Duran._ - Sun Jan 31 5:06 pm: "it was such a sexy goal, that punched me right in the balls. metaphorically"

It turns out that each side of Born to Run tells the tragically heroic story of a different baseball man: one an overly confident sabermetrician trying to make his way in a game that has long resisted change, the other a thoroughbred scout struggling to find his place in a sport that’s evolved beyond what he once knew. And perhaps more importantly, Springsteen’s magnum opus is an incredibly insightful and nuanced commentary about analytics, scouting, and how we can best understand and enjoy the game of baseball.

I don’t think I’m alone among the community of sabermetricians when I say I see a lot of my younger (and probably present, though hopefully to a lesser extent) self in the character of Bad Scooter. The analytics movement sat on the sidelines for far too long and came of age in the snark-filled corners of the internet, and as a result much (if not most) of public sabermetric research and discourse is framed in terms of what teams and writers and broadcasters are doing wrong. In addition to making the analytics movement seem cool, this song perfectly captures that defiant, maybe-a-bit-too-strong confidence that has permeated the sabermetric zeitgeist.

Neither Springsteen nor our narrator is questioning that quantitative analysis is useful, but the latter clearly feels out of place and left behind and the former seems to be suggesting that there are blind spots in the sabermetric view of the game.

And so on. I mean...

I am probably the board's biggest Springsteen fan, and I could not make it through that dreck.

The Long Dick of the Law wrote:I enjoy* ESPN's attempts to completely ruin "sabermetrics" and quantitative analysis by throwing shit at walls to see what sticks.

Joe Maddon? Worth 17 wins! Curses totes obv -5.

Music? We can ANALYZE IT WITH SCIENCE

My link was not from ESPN, ldotl.

"Isn't it no, baas or something? That's how I read it in a boxing book. It's South African or something."- _, on Roberto Duran._ - Sun Jan 31 5:06 pm: "it was such a sexy goal, that punched me right in the balls. metaphorically"

Balls: I know a guy who came home after high school one day to over hear his mom and dad having a 3some with another lady. He actually went to beat off during it in his room.mister bacon: Wow no wonder PJ is so fucked up.